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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>From somebody with also limited experimental
experience...Could this marks be related with the matrix? May be they come from
a different place than the other tools? A place where trampling and/or
water could have afected the tool?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Best,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Dra Vivian Scheinsohn<BR>INAPL-CONICET/ UBA<BR>3 de
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<DIV dir=ltr id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_50329><SPAN>Hi Paul,</SPAN></DIV>
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id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_50331>Well, I never though of that, but I don't
think it could explain the phenomenon, mostly because the pits are limited to
the highly polished areas and are not present elsewhere on the surface of the
tool (including the active surface, i.e. the pointed end in this case). I can't
see why the traces of contact with an acid would not be more evenly distributed.
Because the pits are so closely associated with the polish, the two kinds of
wear must be associated with (and resulting from) contact with a same and unique
material, probably a hard material instead of a soft one, but which one?
Intriguing...</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_50331>Best,</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_51098>Hi Christian,</DIV>
<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_52588>The tiny pits remind me of those on my
apple corers made by the acid in the apple juice. Could have your tool come in
to contact with a mild acid?</DIV>
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<DIV id=yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_51103>Best wishes</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_28179>Hello Genny,</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_28181>Thanks for sharing
your thoughts. The tool has a pointed end with a wide angle (see image in
attachment: it's specimen No 2). Because of that angle the pointed end seems too
large to be used efficiently as an awl. Moreover, it does not have the "typical"
leather polish, i.e. rounded polish that follows the micro-topography of the
bone, with long, parallel and deep striations perpendicular to the long axis of
the tool. What we see on this tool is different: a very intensive and domed
polish, very bright, but apparently limited to higher points of the
micro-topography: it does not extend down onto the deeper surfaces, and this
could indicate that the tool was used on a hard material. The tiny pits in the
middle of the highly polished surface are also unusuall; it kind of reminds me
of comet-shaped pits visible on stone tools used on wood or silica-rich plants,
but I have never seen anything like that on a bone tool (perhaps only because my
experimental experience is somewhat limited...).</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_28238>Hi Christian,</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_28242>What sort of tool is it?
Edged? Pointed? Most of my images are not digitized, but I have attached one
with a similar pattern of a fairly high polish with fine striations in multiple
directions, from an awl-like tool at Gupuk (Nits-1). At the time (a long time
ago now!) I thought the polish looked pretty typical for an awl, but the
striations did not. The striations are similar to those on sinew twisters from
the Mackenzie Delta, but the polish was different. Ultimately it ended up
in the unidentified/multi-use category. Not hugely helpful I’m afraid. Time for
more experiments I guess!</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_28244>Genny</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_20277>I have recently
observed some unusuall usewear on a bone tool and I would ask for some opinion
as to what material/function could best explain such microwear (see attached
images, respectiveley taken at 50x and 100x). From my experience I think it
cannot originate from contact with leather, bark, or plant fibers. Any
idea?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr id=yiv4424858008yui_3_16_0_1_1420556962393_20745>Thanks in advance
and all the best to erveryone for 2015!</DIV>
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